Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-06-25


well known railway i'll that state, would make
reading rhyme with 'hleeding," but the
people who live on the line OF the road would
use bedding" They do, too; the old fash
ioned Pennsylvania Dutch kind, one feather
bel to sleep on, aud three to cover with You
see the poet, dear Williams, rhymes by ear
and not by sight
THE OLD AND THE NEW.
Alas" mourufuly exclalus Boston
clergyman the old fashioned way of max
ing love has passed away with our fathers
In behalf ot the young people OF this genera
tion. we return thanks Tor this blessing The
old fashioned way of making love, as We
understand it. must have been dreary affair.
A man began, il We catch the rat, 10y making
love to his father ln-law, whom lac hated, and
his mother -iu-law, whom he greatly feared.
He called his sweetheart Respected miss, and
once i'll a while got IL chance, to touch her
finger tips iCily IN dance as ae teet@red past
h.r like a stork on stiIts. for IN such manner
of iuintlesS grace and frosty nIerrment,
children, did your graudsires dance pro
uounced dawncei. Ard for all this-what
Horace Greeley would call Arctic circle of
frigidity"-my son, your grandfather loved
your grandmother-soft and fragrant be the
Iusll,AlitNi ib>rS itlit hp''S
no better, | wot. than you do the girl you
feed on iudigeStihle caraInels and corn starch
ice cream, whle you Ill! her ears with the
most iiiotic chatter that ever drove a sensible
man mad Out, Out with you Out of my
sight and hearing, By Venus glove, if ever
again hear YOU talk to girl As overheard
you talk TO KITTY last night, I'll brain you
with something soft il knew where TO hit
n -, haf ON fh2iNS
were not such half baked fools as their sons
Twill read over a few of my own old love
letters and see.
CONFINEMENT is OVER.
The country. and incidentally the universe,
is safe for another wear We have been III
great peril but our danger has been pointed
out and not only 50. but the way to safety
has at the same sne been sn clearly Indicated
that the waytaring man, though Mug
~ump need net err therein. An abyss OF
frl.hItul depth has lowered above us, over
snadowIng all this fair land with the deadly
blight OF its maisriai breath In accents that
chille,i the heart with the Cpas like touch of
its baslli~k glance, that echoed from sea to
shore But YOU have saved Us, my boy: you
and vour fellows have snatChed US from tins
living grave. whose hungry breakers dashed
their binding spray and wreathed their
angry flames in lurid tongues about our feet.
You it is who in this month Of leafy June
have told us Of The Perils of the Republic;
~rhe Labor Pro6I-m: The Duty OF the
Hour" The Decay Of Patriotism" Work
and Wages" The Deterioration Of Man
hood" The Labor Question; The Decline
of Statesman~hip;" The Labor Agitation;
The Weakness Of q Republican Form of
Government, Labor and Capital" THE
Downfall OF Liberty" The Labor Problem;
its Evils and their Remedy Corruption in
Politics" The Labor Problem and its Dan
gers" Are We Free People The Labor
Problem a National Menace" The periiS
that beset our path you have shown us; but
YOU have also guided Us into paths Of safety.
You have toll Us of The Only Way TO Good
government" The Safety of the Republic
The True Mission OF the Labor Reformer;"
Reforms in the Ballot The Coming Man"
The True Reformer;' The Hope of Our
Country" The Conservation Of Popular
Government" Labor Reform The Out
look of the Hour" Labor Agitation Bless
ing" Our Legacy for Our Children" What
We Owe to Posterity;" and your sisters have
noblv rushed TO the rescue with assurances
that Night brings out the Stars; and more
over that Man is the Arbter Of HIS Own
Destiny" "Womans Sphere" The Intlu-
ence OF Woman" "Woman's Duty" "Wo-
man. the Hope of the " orld, - and Spring"
Heaven bles, you, my children; you have
saved US; Heaven bless you! Come again,
next commencement.
BIT OF SCIENCE.
The male wasp, the naturalist tells Us, never
stings. But 50 long a. lie and his sister are
twins and dress exactly alike this bit Of
knowledge availeth nothing 10 the careless
man who does not know it is the lady who is
approaching him, until II be that she smiteth
him with her hustle. What humanity de-
Insnds of science in the case of the wasps Is
the invention OF some prompter method Of
distinguishing between Monsieur and Madam
wazzle at forty wards.
THE LITTLE ONE.
The little tot'riug baby feet
With faltering steps and slow,
With pattering echoes soft and sweet
Into my heart they go;
They also 20. in grimy plays.
In muddy pools and dusty ways.
Then through the house III trscksul maze
They wander 10 and fTo.
The baby hands that clasp my neck
With touches dear 10 me,
Are the same hands that smash ami wreck
The inkstand foul TO See:
They pound the mirror with a cane
They rend the manuscript in tw ain
Widespread destruction they orGaiu
In wastefui jubilee.
The dreamy, murm ring baby voice
That coos its little tune.
That makes my listening heart rejoice
Like birds in leefy June,
Can wake At midnight dark and still,
And all the air with bowling NIL
That splits the ear with echoes shrill,
Like cornets out of time
brooklyn Eagle.